@johncolucci Why are you even @verified? If this guy can get verified I'll nominate my Social Media guy.

@DashaPohoral @Numeson @verified @twitter and nobodies should not be verified because it shows a huge flaw in the Twitter system.

Then Michael Gorman, editor-in-chief of Engadget, who also is a verified user, begins to defend Colucci and then comes the Shatner flaming, including this from evleaks, "All relative. To some of us, whose only familiarity with yr work involves a space movie starring a whale, YOU are the nobody."

It all ends with Shatner wanting to be unverified. "Maybe I need to request to be unverified? Who wants to be part of a broken system that folks can pay $ or reward cronies while others wait?"

Whilst some called it "the best thing that ever happened on Twitter," it was the usual Internet overreaction. Why does a tech mag's social media coordinator or editor need a verified Twitter account? Who is spoofing Engadget's staff? Others, especially journalists at the Re/Code, have verified accounts, too. But are they really celebrities?